Britney Spears is scheduled to appear virtually in downtown L.A. at a hearing regarding her long-running conservatorship, which has been in place since 2008.

A timeline of what you should know ahead of today’s hearing: latimes.com/entertainment-…
It’s scheduled for 1:30 p.m. PST today and the question on many minds is whether Spears will request that her conservatorship, or part of it, be removed. latimes.com/entertainment-…
Spears’ personal and financial lives have been under the control of the conservatorship since 2008, after her life unraveled amid unrelenting public scrutiny in 2007.

Why it's so unusual latimes.com/entertainment-…
In August 2020, Spears issued a strong statement about her wishes in regards to her father being her sole conservator in court documents, via her attorney latimes.com/entertainment-…
Spears fans are likely to gather — and protest — outside the courthouse as they have during prior hearings. A #FreeBritney rally will definitely take place at Grand Park. latimes.com/entertainment-…
The #FreeBritney campaign has been around since 2009, but Jamie Spears recently said that the movement’s organizers are “conspiracy theorists.” latimes.com/entertainment-…
In 2020, we spent three months examining Spears’ conservatorship and reaching out to those who might have seen firsthand how it has affected her.

This is what we found: latimes.com/california/sto…
We'll update this thread as the hearing proceeds.
Britney Spears wants out.

Out of her conservatorship, out of her care appointments as currently structured, out of paying the people — presumably her conservators — who tell her “no” all the time. #BritneySpeaks latimes.com/entertainment-…
“Now I’m telling the truth, OK, I’m not happy. I’m so angry it’s insane, and I’m depressed. I cry every day,” Britney Spears said. All the state of California seemed able to do, she said, was to hire people using her money to complicate her life. latimes.com/entertainment-…
“Not only did my family not do a g— thing,” Spears said, “my dad was all for it. Anything that happened to me had to be approved by my dad,” who she said acted like he didn’t know about any of it. latimes.com/entertainment-…
Spears discussed the issues she has with how her conservatorship was handling her therapy appointments and how her team wouldn’t let her have her IUD removed.

More in her own words #BritneySpeaks: latimes.com/entertainment-…
.@PhizLair lamented Britney Spears’ plight: “Oldest trick in the book of the patriarchy: Declare a woman mad and gain control of her assets/property.”

More celebrities who voiced support for Britney: latimes.com/entertainment-…

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